Matthew R. Taylor – Director
Experience
- Expertise in the Defense and Government Services markets, with a focus on M&A due diligence, business intelligence, operations improvement, and financial analysis.
- Significant experience across the M&A lifecycle, including strategy development, target identification and vetting, financial forecast modeling and analysis, waterfall and pipeline assessment, valuation, and post-transaction integration.
- Performed Due Diligence on dozens of companies in the Defense and Government Services markets, leading to over $4 billion in successful M&A transactions.
- Supported numerous large-scale post-M&A integrations, providing project management support for functional integration and data analysis support for HR and FP&A activities.
- Executed a variety of operations improvement and indirect cost analysis projects for companies ranging from small businesses to large, publicly traded firms.
- Subject matter expert in federal budgets, contract data, and procurement policy.
- Former Manager of Research and Analytics at the Professional Services Council (PSC), a national trade association representing over 400 government contractors in the technology and professional services sectors. In this role, developed leading business intelligence products widely used across the government services industry.
Education
- BS – University of Oregon, Political Science & Business Administration
- MA – University of Chicago, International Relations